#8A8985#8A8985

#8A8985 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.006 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8985
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(48, 2%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 4%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -0.40, 2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 2.31, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0005 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.006 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6599, 24.9881, 25.7625)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8985 #85868A

analogous

#8A8685 #8A8985 #888A85

triadic

#8A8985 #858A89 #89858A

tetradic

#8A8985 #858A86 #85868A #8A8588

square

#8A8985 #858A86 #85868A #8A8588

split-complementary

#8A8985 #85888A #86858A

monochromatic

#4C4B49 #6B6A67 #8A8985 #A8A7A4 #C6C5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8A8985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8A8985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8985

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8985	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.006 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaba8',
    500: '#8a8985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8985;
$custom-light: #acaba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 2.092,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62972,
    "c": 0.00601,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8985

secondary

#B4B5B6

accent

#86AB7C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8985

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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